# pitifully

> English word · Adverb · frequency rank #63,893

## Definitions
1. In a pitiful manner.

## Etymology
From Middle English petefully, petifullie, pyttyfully, pytyffully; equivalent to pitiful + -ly.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/pitifully